The Battle of Mishui River Valley comes to an end.
Of the 20,000 infantry and cavalry of the Wei army, except for the relatively better Wuhuan cavalry, only more than 2,000 of the 16,000 infantry returned. Dozens of generals and other rank-and-file officers were killed or captured, and even the general Hu Zun was captured before the battle.
Killing them can almost be regarded as the annihilation of the entire army. What is even more unacceptable is that the Han army that actually fought on the battlefield this time was only more than ten thousand cavalry.
The disparity in military strength led to a huge defeat. Such a record had a devastating impact on the morale of the Yongliang tribes.
Like the last straw that broke the camel's back, under the shadow of frequent defeats in the past, Hu Zun's death in battle made all Yongliang tribes no longer want to fight fiercely with the Han army in the wild.
I dare not do it again.
Even the Luoyang Central Army, which followed Qin Lang into Guanzhong and fought against the Han army, was a little anxious.
Without him, the Han army and the Wu army, which they had repeatedly defeated, were obviously not on the same level. On the Jingxiang or Huainan fronts, once they sent out troops, they would go for a month, return for a month, and return victorious for a month.
In fact, sometimes even "one month before the battle" can be omitted, because the enemy Wu has already escaped before the army arrives!
But if nothing else happens, I may stay in Guanzhong for a long time.
As for Sima Yi, the governor of Yongliang, it once again caused others to gossip in private.
Claiming that he did not have the knowledge to recognize people and failed to utilize their talents - first Deng Ai and then Hu Zun were the generals he promoted, but they lost troops one after another and humiliated the country! For example, if this is the case
Fan used Guo Huai to guard Qixian, and even if the governor's troops were defeated in the battle with Scar Pu, it would not be such a tragic defeat.
In the face of facts that speak louder than words, Sima Yi had trouble explaining.
Nor will I make any excuses.
When he went to Luoyang to plead guilty, he also mobilized all the Yongliang tribes and Qinlang's Luoyang army. Banners were spread all over the Wei River and Lishui river valleys. The sound of golden drums shook the heaven and earth, and they marched towards Chencang City to crush them.
It seems that you are willing to die to avenge your shame?
The Han hussar general Wei Yan, who was guarding the Lianshui River Valley, immediately ordered all his troops to be on tight alert and was eager to fight the Wei army. He also wrote a letter to the meeting at Lianshui to ask the prime minister if he would allow his troops to cross the river and attack.
Well, this is based on the lesson learned last time.
When the news of Jiangdong's defeat came, he made his own decision and went south without waiting for the Prime Minister to make a decision. As a result, more than 100,000 troops were forced to cooperate with his battle plan. Afterwards, although the Prime Minister did not apologize, he wrote a private letter to
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say:
"Wen Chang and I are both veterans of the late emperor, and we are of similar age. We also know that Wen Chang was devoted to the cause of the late Emperor's unfinished work. However, Wen Chang has never looked back on the hardships of the Northern Expedition for more than ten years. How many great men do we still have now?"
Sir, how many warriors have their bones buried in a foreign country? A thousand-mile embankment was destroyed in an ant nest. We must not be careless! I have no desire to return to the old capital. It is imperative to enter Guanzhong. Why is Chang Wen so eager to fight without waiting for other things?
The plan is settled!"
At that time, Wei Yan looked shocked after reading the letter.
Although I wanted to cross the river to fight this time, it was natural that I didn't dare to be good at it anymore.
But what he didn't expect was that the Prime Minister ordered him to stand still and gave a special instruction, "The rebellion against Wei Sima Yi was just a bluff. I want the troops and horses guarding the three places in Yangcheng to return calmly. Wen Chang did not need to predict it, and ordered Zhao Yihong's troops not to do anything.
The Wei troops in the three areas of Gu Yang City can wait until they leave and move some troops and horses to camp in the fields."
Wei Yan felt resentful about this.
Together with Sima Yi, he has been flying flags for dozens of miles all day long, with thunder and drums shaking the sky. Is it just a picnic?
But he did not write a reply to argue with the prime minister.
Because he knew that if he mobilized troops, it would be just a waste of time.
He also knows the reason why the Prime Minister told him to let the Wei army's guards in the three areas of Yangcheng leave and not let Zhao Guang's troops go to pursue him.
Once the three areas of Yangcheng are owned by the Han Dynasty, it means that Longguan Road is completely occupied!
There is no need to waste huge manpower and material resources to dig up the Weishui River Valley in Longshan. The Han Dynasty can go straight to Guanzhong from Longyou!
In this way, if Zhao Guang's troops were sent to pursue the enemy, what if the Wei troops, who had been afraid of fighting for a long time, retreated back to the city and passes, wouldn't it be worth the loss?
Furthermore, so what if we let the more than 10,000 Wei troops leave!
They're just a bunch of frightened chickens and dogs.
Nothing to worry about!
Wei Yan was so relieved that he no longer had any other thoughts in his mind. He only left a few soldiers to continue to be on guard, and then went to supervise the farming affairs.
But Sima Yi did not dare to take it lightly.
When the various ministries under his command were making great noises to force him to come, he also privately sent Qin Lang to lead Hubaoqi to Qixian, and joined forces with Wuhuan Tuqi to go to the Jingshui River Valley to meet Wang Sheng, Wang Qi and Zhou Dang.
Returning. Although he knew that it was the spring plowing season, Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of the Han army, would be able to see through his plans and would not do anything useless, but he was worried that the Han army would send Zhao Guang to pursue him.
After all, if you use cavalry to chase infantry, you can get more or less gains.
And Zhao Guang's cavalry did not participate in the field work, so they were idle, so why not do it?
Be prepared for any trouble~
It's always better to be cautious.
As for why he suddenly gave up on the three places in Yangcheng, this was also a helpless move.
Linjing County is already owned by the Han Dynasty!
Except for Qixian, where Wei established Xinping County, Longdong was no longer owned by Wei.
However, when the war in Nishui Valley ended, Zhang Te's tribe, after learning the news, joined forces with Liu Yin and Wang Ping and went north to encircle Linjing County.
This was Zheng Pu's instructions before the war.
Zhang Te led half of Xiliang's cavalry southward to the Jingshui River Valley, not only to induce Wei's Wuhuan cavalry to split up.
It was so that after the Han army was victorious, they could ride northward as soon as possible, leaving Wei no time to react and trap the already weakly defended Linjing City. In any case, the Han army tried their best to lure Wei to come to Mushui.
The purpose of the Battle of the River Valley is to occupy Longdong.
How could we not predict it!
However, the Wei army seemed to have no intention of coming to support Linjing.
When Guanqiu Jian and Qian Hong gathered their defeated troops and returned from Yiju County, Xiahou Xian's troops, who learned the news, also returned to Qixian County and no longer went north to provide foreign aid to Linjing City; while Xue Ti's troops were still busy reinforcing the city's defenses and repairing it.
There were no troops to guard the fortifications outside the city.
Therefore, Linjing City, which was guarded by only more than 6,000 county soldiers, was shocked when Zhang Te, Wang Ping, Liu Yin and other troops approached the city; but when Zheng Pu's troops came with the force of victory and carried Hu Zun's body
When they came, their morale collapsed, and as expected they opened the city gate and surrendered.
The only request was that they remove their armor and return to their fields and bury Hu Zun's body.
In other words, for Sima Yi, it no longer makes sense to continue to let Wang Sheng and other troops guard the three areas of Yangcheng.
Rather than leaving these more than 10,000 elites trapped in a desperate situation, isolated and helpless, it is better to try to bring Wang Sheng and other troops back while the Han army is busy collecting prisoners and pacifying Longdong and has no time to distract Yangcheng.
Whether it is stationed in Qixian to strengthen the defense of the Jingshui River Valley, or sent to guard the northern part of Zuofengyi, to prepare for the Han army's incursions from the south from the northern Luoshui River Valley in the future.
When Cao Rui of Luoyang heard about the battle, he also made arrangements accordingly.
